This is not a 1970 s small date. This is one tough find until you find one. Check my post I found one not long ago. The 9 is What you really have to look at the tail will point more towards the 7 on small date versus on a regular on it will point toward the S. Also in the small date the 7 will be noticeably higher also. Hope this helps.

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This is not a 1970 s small date. This is one tough find until you find one. Check my post I found one not long ago. The 9 is What you really have to look at the tail will point more towards the 7 on small date versus on a regular on it will point toward the S. Also in the small date the 7 will be noticeably higher also. Hope this helps.

+1 It is easy to distinguish once you see photos of an actual small date. Pay attention to the Nine.

I searched for your posts and did not see that one, Of'course I'm blind in one eye and can't see out of the other......LoL When and if you have the time would you give me directions....Thanks for your help too!!!!!!!!!
Tough find got me anxious,LoL

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I generally look at the 9 on 70 s's . If it makes a sharp curve inward I set it aside but if its pretty wide I put it in the copper pile n im crhing. Also the Liberty is usually a weaker strike, and the top of the 7 is higher than the top of the 0.

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Originally Posted by MrSchulz

I generally look at the 9 on 70 s's . If it makes a sharp curve inward I set it aside but if its pretty wide I put it in the copper pile n im crhing. Also the Liberty is usually a weaker strike, and the top of the 7 is higher than the top of the 0.

If I understand correctly now? If it has a crease in the bend of the "7" it's a LD....Right?? I tried all the tricks & still couldn't tell them apart but someone in a different forum told me if it has a crease its LD!
I think itr worked for me? Watch me be wrong & that made it so easy for me,LoL He said a small date will never a crease?
Thank you for your time to help!

Be careful whose toes you step on today,They may be connected to the A$$ you kiss tomorrow!

If I understand correctly now? If it has a crease in the bend of the "7" it's a LD....Right?? I tried all the tricks & still couldn't tell them apart but someone in a different forum told me if it has a crease its LD!
I think itr worked for me? Watch me be wrong & that made it so easy for me,LoL He said a small date will never a crease?
Thank you for your time to help!

Look on my other post i have posted pictures. The 9 on the small date points more towards the 7

"I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side"Abraham Lincoln

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."Abraham Lincoln

“Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.”Abraham Lincoln

Like I said earlier in the thread - Pay attention to the Nine. It is all about the Nine. Weaker Liberties and Creases in the Seven will be hard to discern especially on circulated examples. The Nine won't change.

I can't tell which one it is, but I am curious why all the small dates have weaker "Liberty"?

1/100 of an American dollar is a cent. It is NOT a penny. The word penny is used by several other countries, such as Great Britain, to denote their smallest denomination. In order to be numismatically correct, you must use the term cent to describe the American coin.